kink
kink 英 [kɪŋk] 美 [kɪŋk]
n. 扭结；奇想；蜷缩 vi. 扭结 vt. 使扭结
进行时:kinking 过去式:kinked 过去分词:kinked 第三人称单数:kinks 名词复数:kinks
- A kink is a bend or a twist in an otherwise straight line, like a kink in a garden hose that blocks water from flowing freely.
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- n. 扭结；奇想；蜷缩
- vi. 扭结
- vt. 使扭结
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1. Too much or too little energy throws a kink in the brain’s delicate machinery.
摄入过多或过少的能量会在大脑中形成一个结构微妙的扭结。
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2. In a squatting posture, the bend straightens out, like a kink ringed out of a garden hose, and defecation becomes easier.
而蹲的姿势，弯曲理顺，就像抛开一条环绕扭结花园软管，也使排便变得更加容易。
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3. The pressure causes tiny blood vessels in the retina to kink and twist, which is pointed out by one arrow.The other arrow points to "dents" in retinal veins, a condition known as A-V nicking.
压力引起视网膜内的微血管扭结弯曲，如图中的一个箭头所示，图中的其它箭头所指为视网膜静脉内的“ 凹陷”，称作动静脉局部缩窄病症。
- kink (n.) 1670s, "knot-like contraction or short twist in a rope, thread, hair, etc., originally a nautical term, from Dutch kink "twist in a rope" (also found in French and Swedish), which is probably related to Old Norse kikna "to bend backwards, sink at the knees" as if under a burden (see kick (v.)). Figurative sense of "odd notion, mental twist, whim" first recorded in American English, 1803, in writings of Thomas Jefferson; specifically "a sexual perversion, fetish, paraphilia" is by 1973 (by 1965 as "sexually abnormal person").
- kink (v.) 1690s (intransitive), 1800 (transitive), from kink (n.). Related: Kinked; kinking.
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